Where does “fontan” come from?
fontan (Uzbek) comes from Russian фонта́н, from Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from Latin fons, from Latin fontis — genitive singular of fōns.
fontan (Uzbek): fountain (artificial water feature)
Definitions
- fountain (artificial water feature)
Ancestry of “fontan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | фонта́н | fountain |
| 2 | Latin | fontāna | spring, fountain, source |
| 3 | Latin | fontānus | bearing a relation to the spring or source |
| 4 | Latin | fons | a spring, a fountain; fresh water, spring water;... |
| 5 | Latin | fontis | genitive singular of fōns |